Peng Pengpeng three cannon shots, the two patrol officers of the Governor's Mansion pressed the waist knife, bowed their heads with spurs under their feet to lead the way, and led Xu Yifan into the gate of the Governor's Mansion, and without walking a few steps, he saw a group of people standing neatly in front of the dripping brim of the second gate of the Governor's Mansion. Yang Shixiang, who Xu Yifan was familiar with, stood in the middle, smiling and nodding silently to Xu Yifan. These people surrounded a tall, emaciated old man. Don't look at the earl's supplement on him, and don't look at the three-eyed dazzle of the green sen. Just look at the old man's half-open and half-closed eyes, and his bearing without a spare son, who else can there be besides Li Hongzhang?

The husband only held Wu Hook in his hand, and looked for the marquis three thousand miles away.

However, the weak crown is Hanlin, and the pen is from Rong. Studied under Zeng Guofan. He was called talented and introverted, bold and careful, and was regarded as the first person in Zengmen in the talent-rich Zeng Mu. Then he recruited the Huai army, aided Shanghai, and began to train the modern army for the first time. Set up a manufacturing bureau, a translation library, and take the tiger wolf Huai army to level the southeast. The meritorious deeds have caught up with the three Zeng Huzuo, who can be called predecessors. Later, he inherited the cause of Zeng Guofan, and suppressed the Twist Army. After the old age withered, the Beiyang forces created by one-handedly supported this crumbling old empire.

It was also this person who signed the treaty of ceding vassal Vietnam, and signed the Treaty of Shimonoseki for the cession of Taiwan and North Korea and the payment of 20,000 yuan. Holding the old body bones that were about to die of illness, he signed the Xin Chou Treaty, which was the first humiliation. When he was lying on the bed and was about to breathe, the Russian minister forced him in front of the bed and asked him to sign a secret agreement between China and Russia to sell the Northeast!

The face of this person is too complex to evaluate. But there is one thing that Xu Yifan is sure of, this is an old fox who is never easy to fool!

Li Hongzhang's eyes only fell on him, with three points of playfulness, but he still smiled. Xu Yifan didn't let him come up in person, so he hurriedly stepped forward a few times, and a thousand fights down: "Xu Yifan, the alternate Dao leader trial Praetorian Guard assistant member, see Lord Zhongtang, I am here to see you!" ”

Li Hongzhang hugged him with a smile, and his hand strength was really not small. pinched Xu Yifan's bones and seemed to squeak. I heard Li Hongzhang laugh and said: "The young man is handsome, a rising star." Brother has already heard of the big name, don't do this ceremony. In Beiyang, I can't control you, and you can't control me. Let's sit down and talk happily! ”

His Huaiyin is very strong, and Xu Yifan is a person who grew up in the south. Standing up with a smile, there were three more points in his words: "The Yamen of the Vocational Dao is located under the Yamen of the Middle Hall, and it is the boss who should be in charge." This time, the envoy has to take care of the middle hall. ”

Li Hongzhang laughed, took Xu Yifan's hand and walked towards the inner hall. followed the mermaid behind him, and seemed to be really affectionate to Xu Yifan.

After entering the inner hall, the guests and hosts sat down. Li Hongzhang just looked at Xu Yifan with a smile.

Xu Yifan also smiled: "This is a ...... messenger"

Li Hongzhang turned his head to look at Yang Shixiang: "Has Brother Xu's servant settled down?" Set aside the house over there from the artillery bureau and use it as Brother Xu's mansion. One should be spent and supported from the aftermath bureau. Got it? ”

Yang Shixiang smiled and agreed, beckoned the patrol officer and gave the order.

Xu Yifan could only do another hall salute to express his gratitude, sat down and spoke again: "This mission is ......."

Li Hongzhang smiled and said, "Brother Xu is also from Huaidi? ”

Xu Yifan smiled bitterly: "Yes, it is Huaidi." He traveled with Chunxuan (parents) to Europe for ten years, and only settled in Beijing after returning to Beijing. "Anyway, there's nowhere to check the roots, let's talk about the relationship first.

Li Hongzhang slapped his face: "Let's still produce talents from Huaidi!" This is a positive division of fellow villagers, and you should be closer and closer in the future. The people sitting with him agreed one after another, and they all arched their horseshoe sleeves and greeted Xu Yifan with a fist. He had to return the salute one by one. It took a long time to make trouble.

After being disturbed, Xu Yifan sat up straight again, still smiling and saying: "This is a messenger...... It was very difficult to do, and I arrived at Jinmen, which should not have bothered the middle hall. But since he is in his position, he can only seek his own government. That's why I'm here to ask for training from Nakado-sama. ”

The room was quiet for a while, and Li Hongzhang's attachés turned their faces and drank tea. No one looked here. Li Hongzhang smiled unabated, picked up the teacup and took a sip slowly.

"Brother Xu is the special purpose of the Holy Lord himself, and he is also a test of the fundamental Praetorian Guard of the National Dynasty. What insight can a brother have? Brother Xu has any orders, just say it. ”

This lukewarm attitude made Xu Yifan secretly take a breath. Looking at Yang Shixiang again, he just shook his head slightly.

Well? Could it be that the agreement with Yang Shixiang has all been turned over now? I want to see how Li Hongzhang prevaricates me!

He smiled respectfully on his face, and arched his hand: "The messenger of the Ministry of Duty, one is to ask for people, and the other is to ask for money. Set up a shelf, and this Praetorian Guard can be trained. What about the people, the students of the Beiyang Martial Arts Academy in the middle hall, please also send a few. As for the money, the Yamen of the Governor of Zhili is also in charge of the Praetorian Guard's grain platform. Set up a town shelf, a month of expenditure, there is also a detailed fold here. Please read it and see how to allocate it to make it a source of energy, and please show it. ”

With that, he took out a small fold that had been prepared from his sleeve, stepped forward and handed it to him. Then he sat there, just watching the change in the expression on Li Hongzhang's face.

Li Hongzhang glanced at it slightly, and the expression on his face gradually sank.

Xu Yifan knew what the price of his mouth was.

To set up a shelf for the Janissary Town is the establishment of a modern infantry strategic unit with two associations and four standards, and a standard square four-four system. Exactly one division, plus artillery marks, horse battalions and other directly subordinate units. Just to erect this shelf, it is necessary to have a scale of five or six thousand people. Just the allocation of equipment and the start-up costs are not a million. There are more than 100,000 taels of silver and office expenses every month.

Li Hongzhang's descendant of the Huai Army, the largest group is only about a dozen battalions, and he needs the establishment of 16 or 7 infantry and artillery battalions at once. It is not an exaggeration to call it a lion's big mouth!

The price is all over the sky, and the money is paid back on the ground...... At the beginning, if you can really train a new army. That's enough to satisfy him. There is no backbone at all, so I will come out of a town, and I must be able to bring it well, and bring it into a henchman, then there will be a ghost.

Li Hongzhang snorted: "Brother Xu's method is completely Western?" It seems, as if it were the French and German army divisions? ”

Sure enough, Li Hongzhang is not without this insight, it's just that his Huai army is organized into a system and can't be rectified like this.

He smiled and said, "Exactly." ”

Li Hongzhang shook his head, as if he was old, and said weakly: "Training the Praetorian Guard is a big deal. The shelf is so big, Brother Xu is a special full-time military trainer, and the brother can't say anything...... As for the equipment, I can probably dial it out a little bit. As for the people, tomorrow you can let Lianfang follow and go to the Beiyang Martial Arts Academy to choose. It's just that it's hard to get paid! Beiyang was originally Yinzhi's grain. The big head wore a small hat...... Let's see. See where you can move a little bit out......"

Finally, he didn't open his mouth in vain, so he finally promised to give it to some people. Xu Yifan smiled respectfully: "According to Zhongtang's instructions, after discussing with Brother Lianfang, I will give Zhongtang a list of tunes...... As for the salary, there is a salary raising article in the vocational road, and please read it in the middle hall. ”

Everyone looked at Xu Yifan and took out a strip of Chen from his sleeve, and they didn't know how many things this kid had hidden in his sleeve! I saw him hand over the strip unhurriedly and sat back upright.

Li Hongzhang took the strip of Chen, only to turn it over twice, and raised his eyebrows, as if he wanted to slap the table and applaud. only had a slight gaffe, so he quickly reined in. casually threw Tiao Chen on the table: "Brother Xu's Tiao Chen, brother will naturally read it carefully." I'm old, my heart is not enough, and I can't use too much thought for a while...... Brother Xu came to work from afar, so let's settle down first...... Lianfang, send it for me. ”

After saying that the tea was served, the patrol officer immediately raised his voice to send off the guests. Seeing Yang Shixiang walking over with a smile to lead the way, Xu Yifan could only take tea and resign.

This is the first time we met, but the momentum is not good! I sold Li Hongzhang such a big favor, and gave such a wonderful way to raise money...... Why is this happening?

Xu Yifan stood up with a gloomy face, and Yang Shixiang walked out side by side with him. I heard Yang Shixiang say in a low voice: "Brother Xu, why are you doing this?" How do you pick up this Praetorian Guard and take it seriously? ”

Xu Yifan turned his face to look, and Yang Shixiang looked at him with a slight reproach in his eyes: "Brother Xu is at ease to serve Beiyang, with your achievements in Zhongtang, it is not difficult to protect this way." Why did the gong and drum in front of him want to practice that Praetorian Guard? This is not a matter of the people who sprinkled the soil before and the people who came after them...... Our friendship, to tell the truth, people are easy to give, but it is difficult to ask for money, and there are no weapons! ”

It's a pity that I don't just want to be rich......

Xu Yifan smiled bitterly and wanted to quit. Yang Shixiang grabbed him: "The mansion of the East Bureau has been prepared for Brother Xu." If you go and take a look, you will know that the appointment of the Beijing Master has finally been completed, and it is not too sorry for Brother Xu......" He sighed lightly and gave it to the guest. turned around and entered the inner hall, afraid that he would have something private to say with Li Hongzhang.

No road? Lao Tzu will go out one way!

Xu Yifan gritted his teeth and strode out.

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"Fine! Wonderful! Rare talent! ”

Li Hongzhang couldn't stop praising the case, he held the two Chens in his hand, and he watched it attentively.

Yang Shixiang stood on his side, just gritting his teeth and laughing in embarrassment.

Li Hongzhang dropped the fold, and his subordinates quietly sent a can of Western listening milk, he slowly opened it, picked up the silver spoon and drank it thoughtfully.

"Quietly stirring up the wind and rain in the capital, and in the end, he changed to a title that does not care about the heavens and the earth. Although it is only a member of the Taoist training committee, I can't control it in Beiyang, the emperor doesn't dare to manage it, and the queen mother doesn't have the heart to manage it...... It's a place of refuge! My Li Hongzhang's top son, he single-handedly saved, Sergeant Lin saw off Tan Sitong, Tan Sitong wrote poems and said goodbye, telling everyone that there is no new sage to save the storm, who is this new sage? Such a character must not be careless......"

Li Hongzhang no longer has the old state when he saw Xu Yifan in the hall, his eyes are gloomy and his eyes are deep.

He pointed to the fold: "Lianfang, take a look." This is about military training, from the establishment to the deployment, and from the training to the formation of the army. It can only be written by those who are familiar with the army and know Siphar well. This fundraising, Zhang Nanpi and I are both thinking about casting silver and copper dollars. I can't figure out how to cast, how to circulate, how to severity, how to redeem, how to calculate the interest and interest of money, and how to calculate the interest and interest of the money. It is fortunate that the dynasty has such a person, but it is always in people's hearts............"

Yang Shixiang glanced at it, and he was just over the military. However, the minted silver dollar replaced the miscellaneous currencies such as Western Yingyang, Liren Yang, and Matouyang in circulation. He and Li Hongzhang have discussed it many times. Zhang Zhidong, the governor of Huguang, heard that he was also thinking about this. However, there are many things to consider, how much silver can be minted to replace the variegated foreign money circulating in the market, how to redeem, how to distribute, and how to manage.

On the salary slip sent by Xu Yifan, he carefully calculated how much foreign money was circulating in the market. What kind of silver should be cast, and the way of putting it is also taken into account. First, it was used as the standard expenditure currency for military salaries and Beiyang procurement, labor, river affairs, and construction. Use the procurement ability of the political axe to drive the circulation of foreign money in the market. It also took into account the use of minted copper dollars as auxiliary coins, replacing the more chaotic circulation auxiliary coins such as milli ocean, silver slots, and dangten coins.

Both the surname and the practical surname are better and more precise than the few methods they use to raise business. This person turned out to be such a talented countryman!

Yang Shixiang looked at Li Hongzhang: "Zhongtang, this person ......"

Li Hongzhang smiled faintly and bitterly: "His intentions are also deep, and his ambitions are also great...... It's just that we can't see it yet. The country is like a big house that leaks rain everywhere. Others are thousands of miles away, but we can only frame and paste. But I can't let others push this big house anymore...... There is no successor to Beiyang, after I die, who will guard this broken house? ”

He slapped the table again: "Talent, talent!" ”

Yang Shixiang's heart moved, but he didn't speak.

Li Hongzhang closed the fold, was stunned for a while, and finally said coldly: "Lianfang, what person does he want, give him someone." I won't give him a penny of money! He didn't have the right to mint silver dollars. I'd rather Zhang Nanpi take the lead than raise this salary. If you give it to someone, you have to keep it, and if you don't have money, you have to break up the stall. When the time comes, it will be interesting to see if he can really receive the ...... of our Beiyang wing."

He pointed at Yang Shixiang, and his tone was cold: "If you want to guard this belongings, you can't do it!" ”

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